Previous Events

Need to create a map of locations for your poster, paper, or project and all you have are latitude and longitude for each point? This workshop will help you to turn your data into a simple map. No experience necessary. Want to follow along? Download and install the Long Term Release (LTR) version of QGIS before the workshop. Download the example Lat/Long Data

In this session, learn about makerspace technology and how to apply it to your graduate research ... and to unwind from your graduate research! The McBay Science Library Makerspace is open to students of all disciplines and provides technology instruction. Technology is offered free of cost and includes 3D printers, a laser cutter, Arduino microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi minicomputers and a sewing & embroidery machine.

Many students and/or professionals question whether they are prepared to succeed, especially as they begin deciding on a major, preparing to land a job of their interest, or are considering the pursuit of a graduate/professional degree. When this occurs, imposter phenomenon may be a contributing factor. This presentation is designed to define imposter phenomenon, normalize it, to discuss the impact of imposter phenomenon and to share strategies to overcome it.

Learn how to use RefWorks, an incredibly helpful citation management software for researchers and writers provided by the UGA Libraries. RefWorks allows you to save citations from databases, organize them, attach PDFs, and then format and insert the citations into Word or Google Documents in one of 15,000 different citation styles.

Learn different stitches, speed control, and seam allowance in this intermediate skills sewing machine workshop. Undergraduates, Caroline Solomon and Casey Serrano, will teach this workshop. Come learn from your peers at the McBay Science Library Makerspace!

Interested in how the Freedom of Information Act and other Open Records laws help shine light on government, or how classified materials become publicly available? Join us for a panel on the Freedom of Information Act where UGA experts will share tips for submitting an open records request, talk about their own experience working with these laws across states/jurisdictions, and more.  

Panelists:

Charles Davis

Come learn from your peers how to operate a sewing machine, including the various components, how to thread the machine, wind bobbins, and sew forwards and backwards. Undergraduates Caroline Solomon and Casey Serrano will teach this workshop. 

Join us on Saturday, March 11, 2023, for a community conversation sparked by artist Alice Woodruff and formidable women. View a selection of the sculptures from the exhibition Warrior Women:  From Invisible to Formidable One Hundred Strong. Following a brief lecture by artist Alice Woodruff, a panel will explore themes from the exhibition. The artist and panel will participate in a Q & A with the audience. Light reception. Event sponsored by the Russell Library and Jeannette Rankin Foundation.

Join us for a fun and thought-provoking faculty and student panel on ChatGPT. This panel includes five UGA faculty members and one student from different areas and disciplines across campus. Each panelist will discuss perspectives on the effects of ChatGPT on research and the University. Light refreshments will be provided.

Presented by Jeannette Rankin Foundation, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, and Athens Chautauqua Society.